Deeds Office Person

Want to know what properties are registered to a person, company or trust at the Deeds Office?

The Deeds Office Person Search provides online information from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform on property ownership on a natural or juristic person at any of the 10 Deeds Offices in South Africa.

Searches are performed by providing the name or ID/registration number. Searches are available for one or multiple Deeds Offices (with a search charge applicable for each selected Deeds Office). A batch search facility is also available and can be accessed from the Deeds Office Person Search input page.

Search results return the following information:

Person information

The Person information includes the natural or juristic registered name and id or registration number (when available). It also includes the marital status of a natural person at the time of the property transaction.

SearchInsure is a service unique to WinDeed which will keep an eye on the Person Search for a period of 90 days from the date the search was done. If there are key changes to the person’s property ownership within that period, we will let you know. Learn more about WinDeed SearchInsure

Notes:

The “Golden Rule” of Deeds Office Person searching is “Less is More”. The Deeds Office has a very specific way of capturing data and it may be registered in a different manner to what is expected. It is recommended to put in the least amount of information available and allow WinDeed to provide a list of possible matches. For assistance in searching to maximise a successful search result, please contact the WinDeed Support Team at 0861 WINDEED.

The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform charges for every query to their database. This includes searches with the result of “Not Found” since in many cases, “Not Found” is a meaningful search result.